Reviews tagging 'Rape'

Cult X by Fuminori Nakamura, Kalau Almony

18 reviews

jet_nebula's review against another edition

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? It's complicated
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, and Sexual violence

Moderate: Death and Violence

sspaghettiboness's review against another edition

challenging dark mysterious sad medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.75

It took me about 70 pages to get in, but once I was immersed, what a phenomenal book. At times difficult to follow, but overall a fantastic read that touches on so many persistent societal problems. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Gun violence, Pedophilia, Rape, Sexism, Sexual violence, Suicidal thoughts, Trafficking, and Medical trauma

livimw's review

challenging dark mysterious tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.5

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Pedophilia, Physical abuse, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, and Toxic relationship

penny_dlc's review

challenging dark mysterious tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

it …. says a lot about society? 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, and Murder

pclairx's review

It is just too long/slow-paced and some scenes ended up being a bit too much (graphic?) for me. The lectures that are throughout the book were hard to get through for me and took up a pretty good chunk of the reading. This book just wasn't giving me what I hoped all around. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape and Sexual violence

snuggleslut's review

adventurous challenging dark emotional mysterious reflective tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? It's complicated
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Toxic relationship, and Sexual harassment

Moderate: Gun violence

saltydough's review

challenging dark sad tense slow-paced

• Strong character development? No
• Loveable characters? No
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

1.5

To be frank, this book was not for me. I started it because I wanted to try something new,  but it quickly became a slog. The biggest problem was that I hated all of the characters. I thought they were all terrible people with no redeeming qualities, which made it hard to root for any one of them in particular. Though there was some action that some might find enjoyable, the story often got bogged down in extended side tangents about characters' backgrounds and psychological trauma. Much of the story was really quite repulsive, and some passages were difficult to read. The only part I enjoyed even a little bit were some of the deeper philosophical themes that were discussed, mostly drawn from Buddhism. But honestly, reading straight-up Buddhist theology would probably be more enjoyable than this story.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Adult/minor relationship, Gun violence, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual content, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Violence

swordfishtrombone's review

dark tense

• Loveable characters? No

2.25

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Child abuse, Confinement, Rape, Sexual assault, Sexual violence, Suicide, and Torture